NEMSA Tentative Agreement Announcement

NEMSA is proud to announce a tentative agreement between NEMSA and Oak Valley Hospital District.  EMS Professionals at Oak Valley are going to be voting on the tentative agreement in about a week.

The details of the tentative agreement are as follows:

Wages are set to increase 20% across the board over the life of the agreement.  This is in addition to a 5% average between pay steps.  The total increase including paysteps on a 7 paystep scale works out to 20% to 42%.  The average EMT or Paramedic will get a 9% increase per year!

A Pension plan is included in the contract with a 15% employer contribution.

Health care costs are fixed throughout the life of the agreement with employees paying NOTHING in the first year.  In the second through fourth year of the contract, health premiums are fixed per paycheck at $16.15, with dental costing $6.92 and vision costing $3.69.  

There is a 10% differential for anyone opting out of health insurance.

PTO is earned based on all hours worked, used, and taken... including while on PTO.

There are many other parts of this TA that make it special, and too many details to go into here... soon the tentative agreement will be available online at www.NEMSAUSA.org.

NEMSA negotiates the best contracts in the USA because we are 100% EMS.  We understand how to maximize benefits and extract the most from employers.  Our EMS only focus is successful and the Oak Valley Tentative Agreement is yet another example.